Modelling Tunnels, Embankments, Walls and Fences for Model Railways

Modelling Tunnels, Embankments, Walls and Fences for Model Railways
Author: David Tisdale
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2017-08-31
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1785003291

Whether in a rural or urban setting, the addition of railway infrastructure can transform a train set into a railway layout. Modelling Tunnels, Embankments, Walls and Fences for Model Railways demonstrates how to build these essential features and place them into a railway layout. It describes the unique challenges, techniques and materials for each element, and provides plenty of practical advice on how to realistically model these crucial aspects of a landscape. Topics include: incorporating topographical features into a layout, from planning to execution; the importance of baseboard construction and track laying when modelling a landscape; practical considerations and techniques for building tunnels; the use of vegetation, animals and small buildings to bring layouts to life and finally, the use of ready-to-plant items, and kit- and scratch-building techniques. An essential guide to creating realistic infrastructure that will be of great interest to railway modellers who have progressed to the stage of making their own scenery and geographical features. Superbly illustrated with 330 colour photographs.

Building 00 Gauge Wagons and Vans for Model Railways

Building 00 Gauge Wagons and Vans for Model Railways
Author: David Tisdale
Publisher: Crowood
Total Pages: 503
Release: 2015-07-31
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 184797984X

This fascinating and detailed book is essential reading for all those railway modellers who wish to build their own wagons and vans. After examining the types of modelling materials that are available and discussing the basic tools that are required, the author demonstrates how the modeller can move on from building simple kits to constructing more complicated kits in a variety of materials, including plastic, white metal and brass. He then considers how kits can be detailed, converted and significantly modified (often referred to as 'kit bashing') before covering the ultimate in rolling stock construction - scratch building. Brimming with practical advice and tips, this remarkable book uses worked examples and step-by-step photographs to show what can be achieved with the application of research, patience and modelling skill. Moreover, although the volume deals with 00 gauge, the ideas and techniques discussed can easily be applied to other gauges/scales. Superbly illustrated with 294 colour photographs and two drawings.

Model Railroads

Model Railroads
Author: Cyril John Freezer
Publisher: Courage Books
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1991
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781561380657

Briefly explains how to choose the rolling stock for a model railway, how to make buildings and scenery, and how to put it all together in a permanent or portable layout.

Building Bridges and Viaducts for Model Railways

Building Bridges and Viaducts for Model Railways
Author: Bob Alderman
Publisher: Crowood
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2014-08-31
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1847978193

Written by an acknowledged expert, this practical book is essential reading for all those railway modellers who wish to build a bridge or a viaduct for their layout. This new book contains in-depth descriptions and photographs of bridges located around Britain (and one in New Zealand), ranging from the small to the monumental, from which the modeller can gain ideas and draw inspiration. As an essential aid to modelling, the constituent parts of the bridges are described as well as the engineering principles that make them 'work' and the materials from which they are built. Step-by-step instructions and photographs depict the construction in plasticard of five models: a simple girder bridge; a truss-girder bridge; a masonry arch bridge; a plate-girder bridge; and a viaduct. The book covers prototype research, taking measurements, modelling materials and tools, and examines the finishing process, including different ways of applying paint and weathering powders in order to make your model look authentic. Fully illustrated with over 500 colour photographs and diagrams.

Cinefex

Cinefex
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 602
Release: 1996
Genre: Cinematography
ISBN:

The journal of cinematic illusions.

How to Build Realistic Model Railroad Scenery

How to Build Realistic Model Railroad Scenery
Author: Dave Frary
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2005
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780890244708

Featuring today's newest products and equipment, this photo-packed guide features contemporary images of diesel locomotives and urban settings, plus updates to Dave's trademark scenery "recipes." Includes new chapters on Western scenery and desert modeling, and city scenery and urban settings.

Colour Light Signalling for Model Railways

Colour Light Signalling for Model Railways
Author: Simon Paley
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2019-10-18
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1785006266

Despite modern appearances, colour light signalling has been around since the 1920s and is just as full of subtle details and variations as 'traditional' semaphore signalling. The inclusion of a working signalling system within a model railway layout is technically challenging but adds realism and 'wow' factor. This new book contains a brief history of the development and deployment of colour light signalling in the UK; a basic explanation of how track design influences signalling design; an overview of the different types of point motor and, finally, descriptions of the different components that make up a signalling system and how these components are used and controlled. It is an extensive guide to developing and adding realistic colour light signalling to a model railway layout.

Aspects of Modelling: Locomotive Weathering Projects

Aspects of Modelling: Locomotive Weathering Projects
Author: Tim Shackleton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2015-08-20
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 9780711038134

This provides the modeller with a guide to the principles and practice of weathering locomotives, providing modellers of all levels and abilities with a step by step guide to the skills involved and the pros and cons of undertaking such work on models.

Railway Ecology

Railway Ecology
Author: Luís Borda-de-Água
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2017-09-18
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 3319574965

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides a unique overview of the impacts of railways on biodiversity, integrating the existing knowledge on the ecological effects of railways on wildlife, identifying major knowledge gaps and research directions and presenting the emerging field of railway ecology. The book is divided into two major parts: Part one offers a general review of the major conceptual and theoretical principles of railway ecology. The chapters consider the impacts of railways on wildlife populations and concentrate on four major topics: mortality, barrier effects, species invasions and disturbances (ranging from noise to chemical pollution). Part two focuses on a number of case studies from Europe, Asia and North America written by an international group of experts.